Systems and methods for a wireless web browser for use in handheld wireless devices

ABSTRACT

A system and method for a wireless browser operating in a handheld wireless device for efficient utilization of wireless networks wireless devices resources. The browser identifies ad-server reference links in a received html webpage before the browser can request the ad-server image files from their respective servers, deletes these links and collapses corresponding cells, to create a modified webpage. The wireless browser displays the modified webpage on the device screen. The browser by removing the request and receipt of ad file images from and into the wireless device over the wireless network makes efficient use of the wireless networks. The wireless browser inputs screen size and user desired font size parameters and uses these input parameters, parses the modified webpage into screen size segments and displays the segments one at a time that enables a user to navigate from a segment to another segment to efficiently view web page content.

CROSS REFERENCE

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

Systems and methods for a wireless browser for use in handheld wirelessdevices that makes efficient utilization of the wireless networkresources and in the wireless device provides a user friendly andefficient rendering of the web pages on the limited size display screensof the wireless devices.

BACKGROUND

Handheld wireless computing and communication device with the ability toconnect to the Internet have become very common. Such devices mayinclude smart phones and tablet computers. Such devices also have smalldisplay screen sizes relative to desktop or laptop personal computers.

The same browser application software that is used in the personalcomputers is ported for use in the handheld wireless devices withouttaking into account the unique features and limitations of the handheldwireless devices.

These wireless devices have the ability to connect to the internet toreceive web pages and other digital content from the web servers. Thedigital content in the servers on the global network is formatted to bedisplayed on the larger screen size of personal computers. Therefore,digital information that is received from a web server on the globalnetwork for display on a screen of the wireless device is not suitablefor their limited screen sizes.

Further, invariably the webpage has embedded advertising content. Suchad content is formatted to be displayed on the left, right, top andsometimes in the middle of the page. Such content does not fit and is adistraction for display on a small screen. Some in the industry haveattempted to address these problems by creating new web pages that areformatted for a mobile device and others in the industry have addressedthe problem by providing zooming and scrolling features to view fullsize web pages. These approaches are not entirely satisfactory.

Hence, it is the objective of the embodiments herein to be able to havea browser with features and functions that are optimal for the handheldwireless devices. It is further the objective to provide for a wirelessdevice browser that is optimized for wireless networks and handheldwireless devices.

SUMMARY

Tutorial type information is first provided to understand theembodiments described herein. A web browser uses a language known ashyper text markup language (HTML) and a communication protocol known ashyper text transport protocol (HTTP). A browser communicates between acomputer and a server on the global network using HTTP. A browser usesHTML to render a webpage for display on the display screen.

The webpage is organized in table-cell structures for spacing andpositioning the web page content on a display screen. A cell may be aspace cell or may have content. The content may be text, or links toimages in global servers. The links may be of two types, one link is toexternal servers that are used for storing advertisement images, whilethe other links may be to images that are in the image file folders ofthe servers that store the HTML webpage, from where the webpage isfetched on a user request in the browser.

The links in a web page begin with a unique identifier, “href”, andidentify the root server, the directory, and subdirectory where theimage content is stored. The images may be in the form of animatedimages such as in a flash application. The images have file extensionssuch as gif that identify the type of file and the application that canprocess it. The html file itself has extension of .htm or .html and theroot html file for a webpage is identified as index.htm or default.htm

A browser, on user request, requests an html page and receives html filethat is without the image content. The browser then scans the receivedhtml file and finds cells with image file references, and performs anindividual request fetch for each of the image files. The browserreceives each image file and embeds the images in each cell to completethe webpage display. It is believed, the operation of a web browser inhandheld wireless devices is the same as in personal computers.

Based on industry news, placement of advertisements in a web page thathave to be viewed has always been a contentious issue, where theadvertiser wants to force an ad image to be displayed and viewed and aviewer does not want to be forced to watch such as ad-image. However,advertisement images have become an essential part of a webpage ascontent is free and ad is used as a source of revenue by the businessbehind the web page.

The issue of delivery of ads is complicated by the ad-images that aredelivered to the wireless device screens as part of a web page, as thelimited size screens are ill-equipped to receive and display such adimages. It is generally acknowledged by everyone that wireless deviceusers do not want embedded ad images on their small screens. It is alsowell known that in Internet use, the incoming bandwidth usage is by fargreater than outgoing bandwidth usage.

The problems or issues can be further amplified in that in handheldwireless devices, wireless network capacity is limited and the bandwidthis metered and a user pays for bandwidth usage—unlike at home/officeusing landlines.

Advertisement images are usually unwanted and take up precious bandwidthas well as slow loading time of the webpage. Further more, a user has alimited comprehension of webpage content on a small screen size andlimited time on the move. Still further, the webpage content creator maynot know or be mindful of the wireless type receivers and theirlimitations.

A solution to the above identified issues is to have a Wireless Browserthat is optimized for handheld wireless device operations. A WirelessBrowser would not only optimize the use of limited and precious wirelessnetwork resources but also provide for an efficient rendering of webpages and other digital content on the display screens of the handheldwireless devices.

The benefits of the Wireless Browser is that it provides for a fasterwebpage loading time on handheld wireless devices and provides for anintelligent and prioritized loading that screens and prioritizes contentfor loading.

Further, the Wireless Browser parses and displays a webpage text andpossible associated images in screen size chunks for easy visibility,comprehension, and sequencing.

These features of Wireless Browser, it is believed, reduce wirelessnetwork loading, optimizes network usage, and reduces the cost ofbandwidth for the user and renders efficient display of web pages on thelimited size screens of wireless handheld devices.

These and other aspects of the embodiments herein are described andwould become more clear with the help of the accompanying drawings andthe accompanying description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Some of the novel features of this invention will be best understoodfrom the accompanying drawings, taken in conjunction with theaccompanying description, in which similar reference characters refer tosimilar parts, and in which:

FIG. 1A is a block diagram that illustrates features of the presentembodiments of the invention of a Wireless Browser in a wireless device;

FIG. 1B is a block diagram that illustrates features of the presentembodiments of the invention of a Wireless Browser in a wireless device;

FIG. 2A-2B-2C-2D are logic diagrams that illustrate features of thepresent embodiment of the invention for a Wireless Browser;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram that illustrates function features of thepresent embodiment of the invention of a Wireless Browser;

FIG. 4 is block diagram hat illustrated method features of the presentembodiment of the invention of a Wireless Browser.

DESCRIPTION

Introduction:

With reference to FIG. 1A, in a preferred embodiment, a portablewireless computing and communication device 10 that may be a smart phoneor a tablet computer has a Wireless Browser 14. The device 10 has adisplay and touch screen 20 that operates in the device 10 inconjunction with a device operating system 12.

The Wireless Browser 14 (WB 14) receives an html webpage 16 from aserver on a global network and optimizes the received webpage for theoptimal operation of the wireless networks working in conjunction withthe wireless devices.

In prior art, a webpage is a composite of text and images organized fordisplay in an invisible table and cell structure or partitions. The textand the table-cell structure are contained in an html file. The imagesare contained in the html file in a cell by reference to an image filethat is not as yet part of the webpage. The size of an html file is ofthe order of a few kilobytes. The size of each of the images, for whicha link reference is only provided in the html file is of the order of 10to 25 kilo bytes. There are multiple such image files such that thetotal size of the image files of a webpage may be of the order of a fewhundred kilo bytes. Each of these images is individually andautomatically fetched by a prior art browser for rendering in itscorresponding cell location in the webpage.

With reference to FIG. 1B, the functions of the WB 14 are illustrated.The WB 14 has a ad-server image control function 14A with user settableparameters 24A, a web-server image control function 14B with usersettable control parameters 24B, a display segmentation control function14C with user settable parameters 24C, and a prior art web browserfunction 14D. The WB14 requests 28 a webpage from the global net 26 andreceives webpage 16 and outputs display segments 18 to the screen 20 ofthe wireless device.

Wireless Browser Functions 14A and 14B working in conjunction with priorart function 14D enable a device user to control which images arerequested. By giving a wireless device user, control of which images ina webpage are desired and which are not desired and of the images thatmay be desired, how to selectively fetch and receive them, that isoptimized for the individual user and the specific wireless device,reduces unnecessary wireless network traffic between the servers and thewireless devices.

Wireless Browser Function 14C enables display content of a web page tobe displayed and viewed in a limited screen size of the handheldwireless device. The function 14C displays on the screen 20, webpagesegments 18. The webpage segments 18 are optimized for the specificscreen size and the specific font size base on user settable parametersin the WB 14. The segments may be navigated with the help of sequenceicons 22 and this provides for an efficient viewing of webpage contentwithout the need to zoom and scroll a miniaturized web page as is donein the prior art

These aspects of the WB 14 are described in detail below, where FIGS.2A-2B-2C-2D illustrates logic features of the WB 14. FIG. 3, describesfunctions of WB14 and FIG. 4 describes features of a method. Theheadings are provided for the convenience of the reader.

Optimization of Wireless Browser 14 for Ad-Server Images

Each of the link references in a webpage begins with href, an htmlconstruct that enables all such link references in the webpage to bereadily identified. Further, each href link provides a full path to thefile in the web server where the file is stored and fetched from. A fullpath contains the web server identification by either name or an IPaddress along with directories and subdirectories where the ad-imagefile is stored. An ad-image file web server is different than the webserver which stores the webpage html file itself. Hence the ad-imagefile links are readily identified based on this link information in thehref.

FIG. 2A illustrates the logic of the WB 14 for optimization of ad-serverimages. The WB 14, at step 32, receives an html webpage into a wirelessdevice. An html webpage is one where the images have not been fetchedfrom their respective web servers. At step 34, WB 14 reads a href htmlconstruct in the webpage. At step 36, WB14 decides if that specific hrefis to an ad-server and if that link is already present in an ad-severlist 46.

An ad-server list 46 is created and maintained in the WB14 and is basedon a priori identification of ad-servers. The industry uses thetechnological approach of providing ad-image links in the web pages thatare stored in the web servers but maintains the actual ad-images in adifferent web server to be fetched from, based on a request from theWB14 in a user device 10. This industry approach enables accounting andcontrol of how many times and which ad-images have been delivered to theweb pages and which computers they have been delivered to. This approachfacilitates for accounting and billing, and generation of statisticalreports to the advertisers.

At step 36, if the decision is yes, the logic jumps to step 40 to deletethe ad-server link from the html webpage. If the decision is no, thead-server link is placed in that ad-server list 56 at step 38. At step42, this process of steps 34 to 40 is repeated until all href linkreferences to ad-server links in a web page are exhausted or have beendealt with.

At step 44, the empty cells as a result of the having deleted theirlinks are collapsed. At step 48, based on User settable option 24A, thead-sever link list is appended at the bottom of the webpage, giving auser an option to individually click each link to see their ad-images.

At step 50, user settable parameters are 24B are checked. If a defaultoption has been selected the flow chart bypasses the Wireless BrowserFunction 14B and goes to Wireless Browser Function 14C to with a flowchart as in FIG. 2D at D.

The default option is that if the number of image links in a webpagesuch as that might be the case for login page, payment page,news/information webpage is less that a threshold, the function 14B isbypassed and the logic flow jumps directly to Wireless Browser Function14C as in FIG. 1B.

At step 50, is a user settable option 24B is selected that is other thanthe default option as described above, the logic control flow moves to Cin the flow chart in FIG. 2B.

The list 46 is created for each webpage or it may be created for asession and then deleted based on user option with a desire to see ornot see the ad-image files. Alternatively the WB14 may maintain apermanent ad-server list. The above steps complete the WB 14 operationdirected to removing the unnecessary and unwanted ad-images from beingreceived in the WB14. This completes the optimization of the webpage forthe ad-server image links.

Optimization of Wireless Browser for Web Content Images

It has to be recognized that web pages on the global serves containdifferent type of web contents. This content may generally becategorized in (i) news and information websites, (ii) shopping sites,(iii) social community sites, (iv) secure sites for login and paymenttransaction, and (v) video websites such as Youtube®.

These websites may be further categorized by the number of image links,animated image links etc. A different optimization approach and logicmay be used for each of these different websites.

The WB 14 may use an approach that is based on the total number of imagelinks on a specific webpage. It is assumed and believed that a webpagewith number of image links less that a threshold X is likely to be oneof the types of news and information site or a payment and e-commercetype. It is further assumed that a webpage with a large number of imagelinks exceeding a threshold Y may be for a shopping site or a media richsite.

In one approach for an efficient rendering of webpage for display, asite with fewer images, such as less then six, is immediately displayedwith these images. A web page with larger number of image links such asgreater than twelve, may not fetch any of these images and instead placesuch links in their respective cells enabling a reader to see theaccompanying text and decide if to fetch that image. Alternatively, thefirst six of these images may be automatically fetched and the remaindermay remain as links in their cells giving the user an idea of thewebpage content based on the first six images and deciding toselectively fetch all the remainder or some of these images.

FIGS. 2B and 2C describe the flow of the logic of WB 14 for optimizationof the display from the image links in the webpage other than thead-server image links.

As illustrated in FIG. 2B, at step 52, the number of the image links inthe entire webpage is determined to decide if that number is less thanor greater than a threshold. At step 54, if the links are less than athreshold, the logic flow jumps to D in FIG. 2D. At step 54 if thenumber of image links in the webpage is greater than a threshold number,the logic flow jumps to C as in FIG. 2C. That is the number isheuristically mapped to one of the web types. For small number of links,path D is chosen and for large number of images, path C is chosen.

As illustrated in FIG. 2C, at step 56, the user set parameters 24B foroptimization of the image links are read. At step 58, in one option, thefirst six or so image links are automatically fetched and their imagesdisplayed, while other image links remain as links on the webpage. Thisenables a user to quickly determine if this webpage content are ofinterest and selectively choose to load other images beyond the firstsix images. The number six is estimated number that could be higher orlower and may be as much as dozen or so. It is believed that many webpages have number of images less than a dozen or so.

At step 60, in one option, all the images are displayed next to theirtext. In step 62, as another option, all images are displayed as linksat the end of the webpage.

The steps for this option 62 are described below. At step 64, a href isread from the webpage. At step 66, it is determined if this href isalready in an image link list 75. If the decision is yes, at step 70,the href is deleted. If the answer is no, at step 68, the href is savedin the list 75. At step 72, the process steps 64 to 72 are repeated foreach href. At step 74, the list 75 is appended at the end of thewebpage. The logic then returns to D in FIG. 2D.

Webpage Segmentation and Sequencing

Wireless Browser Function 14C, as in FIG. 1A, is described herein withthe help of FIG. 2D. The webpage is segmented into multiple segments tofit the screen size of the wireless device before being displayed. Eachof the segments may be text, an image, or a composite of text and imagedepending upon the screen size.

The webpage is parsed into webpage segments for optimal display on thelimited size screen of the wireless device. User set parameters 24C ofscreen size and font size are used to create these webpage segments.These webpage segments are displayed with navigation icons 22 from onesegment to another segment.

FIG. 2D provides detailed logic for this function for optimizing thedisplay of web page segments on the limited size screen of the handheldwireless device.

FIG. 2D is a logic diagram that illustrates the process of parsing awebpage into a sequence of display screen size segments. At step 76, thescreen size parameters and the desired font size are read from memoryand a segment size in pixels and characters is computed. At step 78, anon-empty cell, a cell that has either text or image is read from thewebpage. The cell is checked for text or image content. The path 82 isfor text content and path 84 is for image content in the cell.

At step 82A, the number of characters in the cell is computed. At step82C, the number of characters exceeds the screen size as has beencomputed in step 76. At step 82C, multiple segments are created and atstep 82D, each of these segments is assigned a sequence number andstored in a display buffer. Each segment and its sequence number arestored in a display buffer.

In path 84, a similar process is used for the cell content that is animage. At step 84A, image size in pixels is determined. At step 84B, theimage size is compared to the screen size as has been computed in step76. At step 84C, the size exceeds the screen size; the image is zoomedto fit the segment size. At step 84D, a segment is created and assigneda sequence number and the segment and the sequence number is stored in adisplay buffer.

At step 86, it is determined if it was the last cell on the webpage. Ifit was not the last cell, the process is repeated for the next cellstarting at step 78. If it was the last cell, then at step 88, thewebpage segments along with their sequence numbers are displayed on thescreen. One approach to segment navigation 22 is as illustrated in FIG.1, where a lighted dot illustrates which one of the many segments isbeing displayed and a scroll on the touch screen brings up the segmentsin sequence.

WB 14 Settable Parameters

As illustrated in FIG. 1B, each of the functions 14A, 14B and 14C of theWB 14 has settable parameters 24A, 24B and 24C respectively. Thesesettable parameters are in addition to those already provided by thestandard browser function 14D.

The settable parameter for function 14A is if the user desires todiscard all ad-server links permanently from the webpage or make themavailable as a list at the end of the web page for later optional andselective use. It is believed that most users if not all would preferthe option of not seeing any ad-images at all.

The settable parameters for function 14B are how a user may decide toview the web server images that are part of the webpage content. Theremay be different options that are identified here. These options dependupon the number of such images and the correspondingly on the type ofthe website content. In one option, if the total number of such imagesis less than a threshold number such as 6 or 10, then all the images arefetched and displayed in their respective cell locations. This may beidentified as the default option. Examples of default web pages may befor login, payment, and news/information web pages.

If the number of image-links exceeds that default value, then the imagesmay be displayed in three different options. In the first option, thedefault number of images are fetched automatically and displayed andafter the default number they are fetched and displayed on demand. Thedemand is satisfied in two different ways, the image link is displayednext to the text and the image is fetched on clicking the link. Or theimage is automatically fetched and displayed for that specific segmentas each segment is displayed and navigated to on the display screen.This approach optimizes the images that are required by the user andtakes into account, to learn that type of website content or to gothrough the entire site in detail as in shopping and have plenty ofshopping time. Different users may desire different experience in theirlimited screen size wireless devices.

The parameters 24C for function 14C are screen size and the desired fontsize. Based on their use pattern and types of websites visited the WB 14may be customized for efficient operation for each individual user.

Wireless Browser 14 Functions

As shown in FIG. 3, the functions of the WB 14 are illustrated. InFunction 14A, Browser separates all the ad-image file reference links toknown ad-servers and kills/deletes them and collapses their cells tocreate a modified webpage. As option, saves the links in a separate filein the device identified as ad_image_links for display as links at thebottom of the webpage. Browser finds, identifies, and separates orremoves all the image file reference links identified as ad_image_linksand saves them in a separate file in the device. Browser identifies allad-image references and kills/deletes all these image file referencesand their cells in the webpage to create a modified webpage.Alternatively, Browser then identifies image references to a known adserver and kills/deletes these image file references and their cells inthe webpage to create a modified webpage with the list placed at the endof the webpage. Browser creates and maintains a table of all ad contentstorage servers on the world-wide-web

In Function 14B, Browser in the modified web page, identifies imagereferences to web server of the html webpage and inputs user optionparameters on how to process these image links.

In Function 14C, Browser for each cell, parse and display bite sizewebpage chunks of the modified webpage. Browser 14 parses and displayswebpage segments of the modified webpage. Optionally, and on userrequest displays the file with the image links.

In Function 14D, Browser on user request requests an html page andreceives Html file without referenced image content. That is Browser onuser request requests an html page and receives Html file withoutreferenced image content.

A handheld wireless device has a wireless browser operating in thehandheld wireless device. The browser identifies ad-server referencelinks in a received html webpage before the browser can request thead-server image files from their respective servers, deletes these linksand collapses their corresponding cells, to create a modified webpage.

The wireless browser displays the modified webpage on a screen of thewireless device, wherein the browser by removing the request and receiptof ad file images from and into the wireless device over the wirelessnetwork, makes efficient use of the wireless device and the wirelessnetwork.

The wireless browser saves the ad-server reference links, beforedeleting, in an ad-server list file for display of the list at bottom ofthe modified webpage that enables a device owner to selectively decideto click a one or more links to request, receive and view the ad fileimages.

The wireless browser inputs the wireless device display screen size anduser desired font size parameters and uses these input parameters,parses the modified webpage into screen size segments and displays thesegments one at a time that enables a user to navigate from a segment toanother segment to efficiently view web page content.

The wireless browser identifies in the received webpage, image filelinks to a server from where the webpage itself has been received. Whenthe number of links exceed a threshold, saves these links in an imagelink file and deletes the links from the webpage, then displays themodified webpage on the screen of the device with the image link listfile at the bottom of the modified webpage that enables a user toselect, fetch and display a one or more images from the links.

The wireless browser, if the number of image files is below thethreshold, fetches the images from the webpage server and displays theimages on the device screen.

The wireless browser identifies in the received webpage, image filelinks to a server from where the webpage itself has been received andstops requests and receipts of the image files from these links anddisplays the modified webpage with the image file links that enables adevice owner to read an accompanying text and then decide to request,receive and view individual image files. The wireless browser fetchesthe images from the webpage server and displays the images on the devicescreen.

A system for efficient rendering of webpage content on a screen of ahandheld wireless device has a wireless browser for efficient renderingof a webpage on a screen of a wireless handheld computing device, wherethe wireless browser receives, and a requested web page from a server ona global network.

The wireless browser identifies ad-server reference links in thereceived webpage that have been pre-stored in an ad-server list file anddeletes these links in the received webpage and collapses theircorresponding empty cells of the deleted links and then displays themodified webpage on the device screen.

The wireless browser parses the webpage into screen size segments anddisplays the segments one at a time that enables a user to move from asegment to another segment.

The browser saves the links, before deleting, that are not already inthe ad-server list, in the ad-server list file.

The browser identifies image reference links to a server from where thewebpage itself has been received, saves these links in an image linkfile and a video link file and deletes the links from the webpage, thendisplays the modified webpage on the screen of the device. The browserdisplays the image link list file at the bottom of the webpage andenables a user to select, fetch and display a one or more images of thelinks.

Method of Operation

As shown in FIG. 4, a method for displaying information on a displayscreen of a wireless device has the following steps, where all the stepsmay not be used or used in the order specified.

At step 100, using a wireless browser for efficient rendering of awebpage on a screen of a wireless device and receiving, by the browser,a requested web page from a server on a global network.

At step 102, identifying ad-server reference links in the webpage anddeleting these links in the received webpage.

At step 104, collapsing the corresponding empty cells of the deletedlinks and then displaying a modified webpage on the device screen.

At step 106, saving the links, before deleting, in an ad-server list anddisplaying the list at end of the webpage, enabling a device owner toselectively choose to view their corresponding ad file images.

At step 108, inputting screen and font size parameters and using theparameters, parsing the webpage into screen size segments and displayingthe segments one at a time, enabling a user to move from a segment toanother segment for efficient viewing of webpage content.

At step 110, identifying image reference links to a server from wherethe webpage itself has been received and saving these links in an imagelink file and deleting the links from the webpage, before displaying themodified webpage on the screen of the device.

At step 112, displaying the image link list file at the bottom of thewebpage, enabling a user to select, fetch and display a one or moreimages of the links.

At step 114, identifying by the wireless browser, in the receivedwebpage, number of image file links to a server from where the webpageitself has been received and saving by the wireless browser these links,when the number of links exceed a threshold, in an image link file anddeleting the links from the webpage, then displaying the modifiedwebpage on the screen of the device with the image link list file at thebottom of the modified webpage, enabling a user to select, fetch anddisplay a one or more images from the links.

At step 116, fetching by the wireless browser, the images from thewebpage server and displaying the images on the device screen if thenumber of image files is below a threshold.

At step 118, identifying by the wireless browser, in the receivedwebpage, image file links to a server from where the webpage itself hasbeen received and stopping by the wireless browser requests and receiptsof the image files from these links and displaying the modified webpagewith the image file links enabling a device owner to read anaccompanying text and then decide to request, receive and viewindividual image files.

In summary, the embodiments herein are on systems and methods forefficient utilization of wireless networks for communication withwireless devices that has a wireless browser operating in a wirelessdevice. The browser identifies ad-server reference links in a receivedhtml webpage before the browser can request the ad-server image filesfrom their respective servers, deletes these links and collapsescorresponding cells, to create a modified webpage.

The wireless browser displays the modified webpage on the device screen.The browser by removing the request and receipt of ad file images fromand into the wireless device over the wireless network makes efficientuse of the wireless networks. The wireless browser inputs screen sizeand user desired font size parameters and uses these input parameters,parses the modified webpage into screen size segments and displays thesegments one at a time that enables a user to navigate from a segment toanother segment to efficiently view web page content.

While the particular embodiments, as illustrated herein and disclosed indetail are fully capable of obtaining the objective and providing theadvantages herein before stated, it is to be understood that it ismerely illustrative of the presently preferred embodiments of theinvention and that no limitations are intended to the details ofconstruction or design herein shown other than as described in theappended claims.

1. A handheld wireless device, comprising: a. a wireless browseroperating in a handheld wireless device, the browser identifiesad-server reference links in a received html webpage before the browsercan request the ad-server image files from their respective servers,deletes these links and collapses their corresponding cells, to create amodified webpage; b. the wireless browser displays the modified webpageon a screen of the wireless device, wherein the wireless browser byremoving the request and receipt of ad file images from and into thewireless device over the wireless network, reduces processing in thewireless device and reduces the use of the wireless network.
 2. Thedevice as in claim 1, comprising: the wireless browser saves thead-server reference links, before deleting, in an ad-server list filefor display of the list at bottom of the modified webpage that enables adevice owner to selectively decide to click a one or more links torequest, receive and view the ad file images.
 3. The device as in claim1, comprising: a. the wireless browser inputs a user desired displayscreen size of the wireless device and the user desired font sizeparameters; b. the wireless browser, uses these input parameters, parsesthe modified webpage into display screen size segments and displays thesegments one at a time that enables a user to navigate from a segment toanother segment to view a webpage content.
 4. The device as in claim 1,comprising: a. the wireless browser identifies in the received webpage,image file links to a server from where the webpage itself has beenreceived; b. the wireless browser, when the number of links exceed athreshold, saves these links in an image link file and deletes the linksfrom the webpage, then displays the modified webpage on the screen ofthe device with the image link list file at the bottom of the modifiedwebpage that enables a user to select, fetch and display a one or moreimages from the links.
 5. The device as in claim 4, comprising: thewireless browser, if the number of image files is below the threshold,fetches the images from the webpage server and displays the images onthe device screen.
 6. The device as in claim 1, comprising: a. thewireless browser identifies in the received webpage, image file links toa server from where the webpage itself has been received; b. thewireless browser stops requests and receipts of the image files fromthese links and displays the modified webpage with the image file linksthat enables a device owner to read an accompanying text and then decideto request, receive and view individual image files.
 7. The device as inclaim 6, comprising: the wireless browser fetches the images from thewebpage server and displays the images on the device screen.
 8. A methodof rendering of webpage content on a screen of a wireless device,comprising the steps of: a. using a wireless browser for rendering of awebpage on a screen of a wireless device, and receiving, by the browser,a requested web page from a server on a global network; b. identifyingad-server reference links in the webpage and deleting these links in thereceived webpage; c. collapsing the corresponding empty cells of thedeleted links and then displaying a modified webpage on the devicescreen.
 9. The method as in claim 8, comprising the steps of: saving thelinks, before deleting, in an ad-server list and displaying the list atend of the webpage, enabling a device owner to selectively choose toview their corresponding ad file images.
 10. The method as in claim 8,comprising the steps of: a. inputting a user desired screen size of thewireless device and the user desired font size parameters; b. using theparameters, parsing the webpage into screen size segments and displayingthe segments one at a time, enabling a user to move from a segment toanother segment for viewing of webpage content.
 11. The method as inclaim 8, comprising the steps of: a. identifying image reference linksto a server from where the webpage itself has been received; b. savingthese links in an image link file and deleting the links from thewebpage, before displaying the modified webpage on the screen of thedevice.
 12. The method as in claim 11, comprising the steps of: a.displaying the image link list file at the bottom of the webpage; b.enabling a user to select, fetch, and display a one or more images ofthe links.
 13. The method as in claim 8, comprising the steps of: a.identifying by the wireless browser, in the received webpage, number ofimage file links to a server from where the webpage itself has beenreceived; b. saving by the wireless browser these links, when the numberof links exceed a threshold, in an image link file and deleting thelinks from the webpage, then displaying the modified webpage on thescreen of the device with the image link list file at the bottom of themodified webpage, enabling a user to select, fetch and display a one ormore images from the links.
 14. The method as in claim 13, comprisingthe steps of: fetching by the wireless browser, the images from thewebpage server and displaying the images on the device screen if thenumber of image files is below a threshold.
 15. The method as in claim8, comprising the steps of: a. identifying by the wireless browser, inthe received webpage, image file links to a server from where thewebpage itself has been received; b. stopping by the wireless browserrequests and receipts of the image files from these links and displayingthe modified webpage with the image file links enabling a device ownerto read an accompanying text and then decide to request, receive andview individual image files.
 16. A system for rendering of webpagecontent on a screen of a handheld wireless device, comprising: a. awireless browser for rendering of a webpage on a screen of a wirelesshandheld computing device, where the wireless browser receives, arequested web page from a server on a global network; b. the wirelessbrowser identifies ad-server reference links in the received webpagethat have been pre-stored in an ad-server list file and deletes theselinks in the received webpage; c. the wireless browser collapses thecorresponding empty cells of the deleted links and then displays themodified webpage on the device screen.
 17. The system as in claim 16,comprising: the wireless browser parses the webpage into screen sizesegments and displays the segments one at a time that enables a user tomove from a segment to another segment.
 18. The system as in claim 16,comprising: the browser saves the links, before deleting, that are notalready in the ad-server list, in the ad-server list file.
 19. Thesystem as in claim 16, comprising: a. the browser identifies imagereference links to a server from where the webpage itself has beenreceived; b. saves these links in an image link file and deletes thelinks from the webpage, and then displays the modified webpage on thescreen of the device.
 20. The system as in claim 19, comprising: thebrowser displays the image link list file at the bottom of the webpageand enables a user to select, fetch and display a one or more images ofthe links.